GitHub Pull Request Builder Plugin

This Jenkins plugin builds pull requests from GitHub and will report the results directly to the pull request via the GitHub Commit Status API

When a new pull request is opened in the project and the author of the pull request isn't whitelisted, builder will ask Can one of the admins verify this patch?. One of the admins can comment ok to test to accept this pull request for testing, test this please for one time test run and add to whitelist to add the author to the whitelist.

If an author of a pull request is whitelisted, adding a new pull request or new commit to an existing pull request will start a new build.

A new build can also be started with a comment: retest this please.

You can extend the standard build comment message on github creating a comment file from shell console or any other jenkins plugin. Contents of that file will be added to the comment on GitHub. This is usefull for posting some build dependent urls for users without access to the jenkins UI console.

Jobs can be configured to only build if a matching comment is added to a pull request. For instance, if you have two job you want to run against a pull request, a smoke test job and a full test job, you can configure the full test job to only run if someone adds the comment full test please on the pull request.

For more details, see https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/GitHub+pull+request+builder+plugin

Master status:

Required Jenkins Plugins:

• github-api plugin (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/GitHub+API+Plugin)
• github plugin (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/GitHub+Plugin)
• git plugin (https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Git+Plugin)

Pre-installation:

• I recommend to create GitHub 'bot' user that will be used for communication with GitHub (however you can use your own account if you want).
• The user needs to have push rights for your repository (must be collaborator (user repo) or must have Push & Pull rights (organization repo)).
• If you want to use GitHub hooks have them set automatically the user needs to have administrator rights for your repository (must be owner (user repo) or must have Push, Pull & Administrative rights (organization repo))

Installation:

• Install the plugin.
• Go to Manage Jenkins -> Configure System -> GitHub pull requests builder section.
• If you are using Enterprise GitHub set the server api URL in GitHub server api URL. Otherwise leave there https://api.github.com.
• Set your 'bot' user's Access Token.
  • If you don't have generated your access token you can generate one in Advanced....
    • Set your 'bot' user's GitHub username and password.
    • Press the Create Access Token button
    • Copy the generated Access Token into the field Access Token
    • Clear the username and password fields
  • If you don't want to use Access Token leve the field empty and fill the username and password in Advanced....
• Add GitHub usernames of admins (these usernames will be used as defaults in new jobs).
• Under Advanced, you can modify:
  • The phrase for adding users to the whitelist via comment. (Java regexp)
  • The phrase for accepting a pull request for testing. (Java regexp)
  • The phrase for starting a new build. (Java regexp)
  • The crontab line. This specify default setting for new jobs.
• Save to preserve your changes.

Creating a job:

• Create a new job.
• Add the project's GitHub URL to the GitHub project field (the one you can enter into browser. eg: https://github.com/janinko/ghprb)
• Select Git SCM.
• Add your GitHub Repository URL.
• Under Advanced, set Name to origin and:
  • If you just want to build PRs, set refspec to +refs/pull/*:refs/remotes/origin/pr/*
  • If you want to build PRs and branches, set refspec to +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/* +refs/pull/*:refs/remotes/origin/pr/* (see note below about parameterized builds)
• In Branch Specifier, enter ${sha1} instead of the default */master.
• Under Build Triggers, check GitHub pull requests builder.
  • Add admins for this specific job.
  • If you want to use GitHub hooks for automatic testing, read the help for Use github hooks for build triggering in job configuration. Then you can check the checkbox.
  • In Advanced, you can modify:
    • The crontab line for this specific job. This schedules polling to GitHub for new changes in Pull Requests.
    • The whitelisted users for this specific job.
    • The organisation names whose members are considered whitelisted for this specific job.
• Save to preserve your changes.

Make sure you DON'T have Prune remote branches before build advanced option selected, since it will prune the branch created to test this build.

Parameterized Builds

If you want to manually build the job, in the job setting check This build is parameterized and add string parameter named sha1 with a default value of master. When starting build give the sha1 parameter commit id you want to build or refname (eg: origin/pr/9/head).

Updates

-> 1.14

• A comment file can be created during the build and added to any comment made to the pull request. podarok#33
• Added a [skip ci] setting, that can be changed. Adding the skip statement to the pull request body will cause the job not to run. sathiya-mit#29
• Escaping single quotes in log statements tIGO#38
• Fixed owner name deduction from url on github hook handling nikicat#40
• Removed unused Test field from the config

-> 1.13-1

• Replacing deprecated Github.connect method. tIGO#39
• Added a merge plugin for post build. If the build is successful, the job can specify conditions under which the pull request "button" will be pressed.

-> 1.8

In version 1.8 the GitHub hook url changed from http://yourserver.com/jenkins/job/JOBNAME/ghprbhook to http://yourserver.com/jenkins/ghprbhook/. This shouldn't be noticeable in most cases but you can have two webhooks configured in you repository.

-> 1.4

When updating to versions 1.4 phrases for retesting on existing pull requsts can stop working. The solution is comment in pull request with ok to test or remove and create the job. This is caused because there was change in phrases.